15 Beautiful and Amazing Facts About British Columbia

British Columbia is westernmost province of Canada; it is located in between Rocky Mountains and Pacific Ocean. Having an estimated population as of 2017 is around 4.8 million; it is one of the Canada’s 3rd most populous provinces.

The very first British settlement in this area was Fort Victoria, it was established in 1843, this gave rise to city of Victoria, at the very first capital of separate Colony of the Vancouver Island. On mainland, Colony of British Columbia was founded by Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment and Richard Clement Moody, in response to Fraser Canyon Gold Rush.

Moody selected site for and founded original capital of BC, New Westminster and established Cariboo Columbia. After this, Port Moody was named.

15 Beautiful and Amazing Facts About British Columbia

1. British Columbia’s coastline length is over 27,000 km.

2. B.C Palace was very first covered stadium in Canada.

3. Half of the population of BC lives in Metro Vancouver area.

4. British Columbia is almost 4 times as the size of Great Britain.

5. Della Falls on Vancouver Island is the very highest waterfall in Canada. It is almost 440 meters. It is more than 8 times of height of Niagara Falls.

6. Strathcona Park lay claim for being an oldest provincial park in BC, this park opened in 1911.

7. Kits Pool in Kitsilano is one of the longest pool in Canada, it is almost 137 meters long.

8. There are around 864 vineyards in BC.

9. From year 1947 – 1986, it was not legal to sell stoves on Wednesdays in Vancouver city limits.

10. From 1917 – 1921, alcohol was prohibited in BC.

11. Beer Industry in BC is booming, BC is having more than 100 breweries which are located around the whole province.

12. There are 30 countries which are larger than British Columbia.

13. Osoyoos Lake is most warmest freshwater lake in Canada.

14. The very oldest and first Chinatown in Canada is in Victoria. Only Chinatown in North America is older in San Francisco.

15. Jim Pattison Group owns the Guinness World Book company and the Ripley’s believe It or Not.